The Harrows!

4th of july weekend

2009-07-12T17:59:00.000-07:00

so over the 4th of july, we of course went to Torrey Utah with El Steve-o, aka Grandpa Grizzly, aka Dustins Dad. It was pretty darn fun as usual, and Berlyn is really starting to love it there too. She especially loves the 4wheeler rides! Apparently the rough terrain is good for naps. We also went to the 4th of July parade in Torrey, it was really fun, and old fashioned ish. Anywho, here are the latest pictures of our adventures....

sometimes i lick fish i guess... these were some giants we caught up in "spectical"
oh ya there was a bit of a flash flood on the 4th after the parade...please note, this roaring river wasnt running through town till the flood...fancy huh?
Steve o really doesnt like touching them...
here he is after he cleaned half...oh sick
Dust with his first 2 big ones at the pond
Here she is giving you guys a good image of how big the fish actually were
Bee taking a nap while we were fishing up in "spectical", after the fun 4wheeler ride up ...Bless her little heart

yep...they're related

2009-06-05T10:23:00.000-07:00

Yep...they're related

Playing catch up!

2009-06-04T14:54:00.000-07:00

thumbs up! She LOVES this thing!Playing on the mat with her toys and molly...

Getting messy with some food...

being silly with daddy...

this is her new face she does when she is trying to be cute... thanks a lot COLBY!

so i know, again, its been forever! a lot has been going on lately, but i dont know if any of it is quite "blog worthy" stuff... just growing, changing type stuff. Berlyn has grown up a lot even just since easter! she now says (but only when she wants to) "dada" "mama" (only when she is crying) "hi!" and "bob" not baba... just bob! silly baby! anyways, she also has discovered the hammock in our back yard, and absolutly LOVES it! it can be an hour past her nap time or time to eat and she will just sit in there happy as can be, and if you know her, that is pretty amazing!

Lets see... oh she is also officially a half year old and weighs 19lbs 2 oz, 28inches long and i just started feeding her baby food, she pretty much loves it so far! but she is the MESSIEST eater i have ever fed!

She LOVES her dad and tells him all kinds of stories all the time, he taught her how to make a farting noise from her mouth and she does it all the time...beautiful

Dustin finally is getting more work to do at work, and he is the project manager (i think, hes not to interested in talking about work after work) at a job in herriman. he isnt getting paid like an intern anymore, he is now on salary, but how things work out he is really only getting paid a little more than he was before, because of the hours he works. But, its still better, and he is getting noticed for all the hard work he has been doing.

I have finally started going to the gym again! which is pretty exciting, i used to love going, but then life got busy and i never had time! so now im just getting into the swing of loving it again! i dont see any results yet, but just knowing that im doing it makes me feel better!

alright...the part i like the most...the pics! they are all of berlyn...but like i said before, i am always the one taking the pics, so im never in them...bah! oh well, she is the cutest one everyone wants to see anyways!

The Bee's First Easter!

2009-04-16T15:25:00.001-07:00

annie (Grandpa Grizzly and Grandma Jama's doggin)
Gingie...she may be a spaz, but she is out whenever she finds a bed.

ooooooh molly......

she loves those keys....LOVES THEM

forget any toys that cost more than 50cents...the keys are all she loves now

ob...sessed...what camera

who took her keys....life is over

ya, thats a mad confused face

show us some leg

thats it! im done with you people and your cameras! Done i tell you!

well...better late than never! This year Dustin's parents decided to go down to Torrey for easter, so, we decided to go too! They also decided to celebrate my birthday while we were down there, which was very nice! we got a whole cake that we never had time to eat...its in our fridge right now...still full! haha! annywhooo... I had already bought bee the cutest easter outfit, and was bound and determined to have her wear it for easter! so, even though we were down there, and leaving that morning, i still had to get her into that dress! Right after this wonderful photo shoot, we changed her into her pjs and drove home haha...what an easter! No really, it was nice. Here are the pics of her, and our weird dogs...

FIN

4 month check up

2009-03-25T21:01:00.000-07:00

So, we all know bee is a chunk....

but she is my chunk, so dont make fun!

today at the Dr. office she measured as follows

99% weight............16lb 12oz

89% height.............25in

89%circ...................16.5in

thats right, she is perfect...100% is the best you know...thats the grade you get on tests when you did the best...so she is doing pretty darn good! :)

PS the doc said she was acting as or more advanced than the last three 6 month olds he saw...thats right...GENIUS

pierced ears pics! FINALLY

2009-03-25T20:47:00.000-07:00

measuring it before....bawling

getting ready for the poke...bawling

measuring, making sure she got them straight....fine

you already got the story...if not its right there below...here are the pics!...priceless

Berlyn has some more bling

2009-03-12T13:21:00.000-07:00

So yesterday Sam FINALLY talked me into getting Berlyn's ears pierced! And she did SO good, i dont know what i was so nervous about! It was really funny, when i took her in she was getting cranky, mostly because it was her nap time... So i took her in and she was bawling her eyes out, as the girl prepped her ears she just kept on crying! As soon as she pierced her ears, Berlyns stopped crying! It was so funny! I think the prick was just enough to startle her but not enough to hurt her! I wish i could show some pics, but when i took my camera there, i realized i left my memory card at home, so Sam still took pics but they are on the main camera memory, and i cant find the connector cord to plug it into the computer!! BAH! Ill find it soon, and the pics will be up!

My mom kept asking me for pics of her pierced ears, so i would take a pic on my phone of the side of her face, with her ear, and she couldnt figure out why i didnt take any straight on! Well ill tell you why... Her cheeks are too chubby to see them from a straight on view! Poor little chubba bubba!

Alright...Im off to find that cord!!!

What Berlyn has been up to

2009-03-04T23:06:00.000-08:00

Since i havent written at all in forever! Ill give you an update in pics of how bee has been, i pretty much have at least 1 from every day of her life...my mom insists i send her one every day, so she can see how big she is getting! So, this is what she has been doing lately....LAUGHING like crazy!!! all the time!Getting chunky little legs!Loves watching us talk to hersitting up! chilling with her favorite bunnyJust looking cuteJust being a little silly!Chewing on EVERYTHINGincluding her ENTIRE hand!!! crazy crazy baby!

Goin Shootin

2009-03-04T22:55:00.001-08:00

Not much of a story to this, we got bored on Saturday and went shooting down in Nephi...Bee looked so cute in her ear muff things!

Thank You!

2009-03-04T22:42:00.000-08:00

Grandma Janet AKA Jama ( i came up with that myself, not quite sure if she likes it yet)

Grandma Kathy...im thinking of an AKA for you mama!

Aunt Kori!

I know it has been quite a while since this happened now, but i am just getting around to blogging about it!

I just want to say thank you to my mom for coming up as soon as Berlyn was born to help me get the hang of things and cleaning and making dinner and for coming up again to watch her for the first week i was back to work!

i also need to thank my lovely sister Kori and my mother-in-law Janet for watching Berlyn for the thirty days i had to go back to work!

I know it wasnt the easiest thing for you all, that it didnt fit in your planned schedules im sure! But thank you so much! I seriously couldnt have done it without you! I love you all! And Bee loves you both too! Muchas Gracias!!!

Sometimes we fish...Sometimes we find family

2009-03-04T21:56:00.000-08:00

Dustin and Berlyn taking a nap...i LOVE this picture so much!

A few weekends ago now, we went down to Torrey Utah, our usual Utah vacation spot for fishing and hunting and such, to go ice fishing, and to find my great-great grandma!

A little bit of a back story...i found out just a little bit before this that my great-grandma actually used to live in the EXACT same town we have been visiting for so many years! Which is pretty awesome and quite a coincidence, considering Torrey's total population is maybe 100 people, and the whole county of Wayne has a population of 2000...thats 1 person per sq mile! and thats on a good day! SO before we went down i did a bunch of quick family history and found out that she lived in about 4 little towns down there with her mom (my great-great-grandma) and HER mom too..great great great! whooo thats great! Turns out it was the first place they lived when they moved here from Scotland! I never got the chance to meet my great great grandma maggie...but she sure sounded like a lot of fun to say the least! She married a man down there, named John Busenbark and they had a bunch of kids, and lived there happily until she passed away.

Anyways, i searched it up a bit, and found out where she was buried! And it is like 5 miles away from my in laws house down there! Crazy! I feel so much closer to this place now, knowing i have such a strong family connection to it! Its awesome to know i am going around visiting and seeing the same farms, lakes, rivers, mountains, trails etc., as my great grandma did when she was not much younger than me! It is so cool! I am hopeing to maybe find some blood relatives that might still be down there! Maybe they know more stories about my family! That would be so exciting! i cant even stand it!

Dustins family has been visiting there since like 1930 and my family lived there since 1900! If you knew how small this place is, you would think it was pretty dang awesome too that its connected! Anyways, here are some pics from the trip!

Berlyn sleeping on the way there! (she has a milk beard)

She had a baby that only lived a month :( born the same year as my grandma, who i never got the chance to meet, Margaretmy great grandma's brother WilliamHer sister VirginiaMy great great grandma maggie and her husband John Busenbark! So many flowers means someone is still there who loves them! Which means, i am going to find them, and have even more family! Wooo!!LOOK! A couple of Bald Eagles! faaaancy!Turkey Lurkeys!i caught this MONSTERIt was freezing and he was slimy and really hard to hold! (i let him go by the way)

just because

2009-01-27T22:28:00.000-08:00

...just a cute picture i took today :) i thought you'd like it...

Chubba Bubba

2009-01-26T14:39:00.001-08:00

OH and we just got back from Berlyn's 2 month appointment and she is officially a chub!

Her stats are
head circ. 15 1/2 in. (34th percentile)
height 23 1/2 in. (34th percentile)
weight 13lbs (84th percentile!!!)

thats right, she is supposed to be small, but she is too much of a pig...she has gained about 5 1/2lbs since her 2 week appointment! and only grew maybe 2 inches, i cant remember, i need to find that paper! funny though! she is a pretty cute chubba though.

and she got her immunizations today, she cried more than i have ever seen her cry in her life...it was pretty funny she was so mad! she stopped like ten seconds later

i know its been a while...

2009-01-26T14:16:00.000-08:00

so ya, its been like fifty years...i know! but i have been busy busy! and i have some pictures im waiting on from my mom from berlyns blessing...thats right, berlyn was blessed while we were down in california, we did it there since it was the first time in forever all of my family would be together at one time, in a long long time! So it was perfect! Bee had a really cute dress we found up here in provo, but then we went home and my mom found one for a lot cheaper, and the same cuteness, so we decided to get that one instead!

Bee is the MOST PERFECT baby EVER! Im not even eggagerating...she is awesome! Since she was born she sleeps all through the night, and even then, in the morning, i have to wake her up at 7 to feed her! She almost NEVER cries, unless she is starving, and thats pretty much it! And she is always happy and telling stories, and laughing....awesome i tell you, awesome.

Since i last wrote on here, i have gone back to work...and as much as i love my job, i just wish i was at home with Bee...And soooo.. i get to quit and be a stay at home mama, my last day is supposed to be the 4th of February, but my co-worker Katy talked me into staying till thursday, cause she will get to see me before she leaves, then my program lead K-Lyne talked me into staying till friday, cause its the end of the pay period...so i guess its friday the 6th now!

I am so excited for the house to be clean and things to get done at home! When i work NOTHING ever gets done, or at least all the way done, a bunch of stuff gets started but i never get time to finish it, laundry, dishes, vaccuming, dusting, cleaning the bathroom, taking care of the baby, the dogs, making meals, cleaning up after eating...The house is always in a whirlwind of a mess...and i finally get to have time to take care of it! Oh it will be so nice! And i wont have to worry about getting a babysitter...or as these utahs call it, someone to "tend" the baby!

Anywho...i need to take some pictures of myself, ive noticed there arent many, probably because im usually the one taking the pictures...Speaking of which, does anyone know of a really good, not too expensive photographer that can take family pics or baby pics...im in need of some good professional pictures! That would be wonderful.

Alright, sorry this blog is so scattered but i wrote it at the peak of an ADHD attack..thats right, it attacks me, no slow take overs here...BUUT the whole reason i started writing was to get some pics up from the last month...so here you go!

Bee just
loves tolaugh!
She is in LOVE with her dad!
and she loves to talk

Vote For Bee!

2009-01-25T18:30:00.000-08:00

https://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com/voter1/index.aspx?referid=EmailFriends&p=1061711&x=.jpg

click on that link and vote for bee!! Cutest baby contest...i think she has a pretty good chance...maybe!

Buddies

2008-12-12T10:26:00.001-08:00

So every time Berlyn does her tummy time on the floor, Molly comes and lays next to her and watches her do her thing, its pretty cute. Obvously i laid bee on her belly in this picture but its still pretty cute. They get along really well so far. We were really suprised at how well the dogs adjusted to having Berlyn here, they welcomed her as one of the family the day she came in..Im pretty sure they will be buddies when Berlyn gets old enough to play with the doggins...

Hungry Monkey

2008-12-03T09:22:00.000-08:00

So, my mom came up the day after Berlyn was born so she could help me out, and B pretty much loves her! My mom was a little worried that she was sleeping so much, and Berlyn was really awake at this time, because she was hungry, so my mom had me take some pictures of her awake.... So here they are! Poor girl was starved, but you could see her eyes at least haha. Not to mention my mom looks pretty good too. My favorite is the second one, cause i think it really gives you all a good idea of what i get to go through every time i get to feed her...just look at that grip... :) The end!

P.S. Thanks so much for helping me out mama! Youre pretty much the best! And my house is like ten times cleaner! I love you!

what ive been doing lately...

2008-11-30T15:05:00.000-08:00

So, im pretty much just going to be putting up any pics we take of little B, since well, thats what ive been doing lately! Cause you know, not to brag but, i think she is pretty dang cute...

willy was feeling a little jealous, so we took a picture of him too.

all dressed up after 2 days of no clothes in the baby glow worm to go to the doctor to see if she still had jaundice.

just looking cute and cuddly

poor little thing in her bili bed...dang jaundice, it made it no fun! No holding her except to feed and change her for 2 whole days! that was tough, she loved it though, it must have been comfy!

I know its a little late....

2008-11-26T20:16:00.000-08:00

Please welcome miss Berlyn Denice Harrow born November 24th 7lbs 11oz 19 1/2in long! Yay! We are so excited! So far she is pretty fun and we love her to death! Ill post more in a few days, but just thought i'd let you know and post some pics!

here i grow...

2008-10-04T10:20:00.000-07:00

watch me grow....my little self taken pictures at work of my ever growing baby belly...its the only place i know with such a big mirror haha
31 weeks, and i do look huge here...im really not that big...i dont think :/
25 weeks...20 weeks...still thought i was huge18 weeks i think...

i believe this one is 16 weeks...i thought i was huge

Who remembers

2008-07-26T21:43:00.000-07:00

OH....i just saw this on a few of my friends pages and it seemed like fun for us all to participate in. So lets have a go...

1. As a comment on my blog leave, a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a lot or a little, it's just anything you can remember.

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It is fun to see the memories that people have of you.

Make me proud!

3 years!!

2008-07-11T10:44:00.000-07:00

well, this weekend for me( last tuesday and wednesday, my days off) was pretty busy, suprisingly.... first we got to find out what we are having, and that she didnt have 5 legs and one eye..haha, and it was Me and Dustins 3 year anniversary! yippieee!

It seems like we have known eachother for FOREVER but really, we havent, only since a nice sunday in April 2004, i had just barely BARELY turned 19 and was driving back to my apartment from somewhere, and i saw a bunch of guys skateboarding, they waved, and i smiled. The only one i really noticed was dustin cause he had a huge head of bleached blonde shaggy hair glowing in the sun, it made it hard to see anyone else haha. But it was the wierdest feeling i got then, i looked at him and something in me just knew i would be with him, at least be good friends with him forever...it was weird, i cant really explain it....

Anywhoo.... they apparently followed me home, cause i saw them skating around in the parking lot where my car was about a half hour later, so i decided to see if they really did follow me, so i went to my car to get some books that i "needed" and they all came all around me wanting me to go to their bbq they were having. Dustin claims he was the one who asked, but im pretty sure it was Layne and Shaffer, anyways i told them i would go (since they were pretty cute) but only if my sister could come too. So Layne hopped in my front seat and everyone else but Mike Piled in the back and we drove over to their house, where there was already a few people, like Tom, who i was scared of cause he seemed intimidating at the time, which is weird, cause he is probably the least intimidating person in the world...

ANYWAYS...my sister finally showed up, then it wasnt so awkward for me... I thought dustin was the cutest one there, but, he was hanging out with this other girl, who i assumed was his girlfriend, and Layne and Shaffer wouldnt take their attention off me and my sister. We went for a Scooter/motorcycle ride with all their friends, i think Jessica and Miles were there then too, and the girl dustin was talking to, was Mikes girlfriend, Tom had Kori on his bike, and i think Dustin took Shaffer haha...i didnt get a choice of who i got to ride with, Layne just pulled up and told me to get on his, so i did. Anywho we hung out with them for a while and they got our numbers, and we hung out a few more times.

Then all of the sudden one random day, probably like a week later, i got a text from a number i didnt know, and all it said was Love you....which i thought was very stalkerish, but i thought it was one of my friends joking with me so i kept on texting, and then we went to hang out at the boys house later that night and i text the number back, and dustins phone went off...

Pretty much since then we havent spent a day apart. I was so glad it was him, cause the whole time i was hopeing he would, but i didnt want to make any moves and he is way too stand off ish so i thought that nothing was ever going to happen with us....i think our first time we hung out just me and him, was we went to the mall to get something for his mom for mothers day i think?...he remembers better than me.

1 year exactly after we started dating we got engaged and we have been married for 3 years...so crazy, our love story is so random......THE END!!!

OH and that pic on top is of Dustins crazy blonde shaggy hair, me my sister and Layne on a scooter at a scooter rally probably just a week after we met. And thats right there are 4 of us on one scooter, you know you have always wanted to do that...haha jk.He didnt know i liked him yet, and i didnt know he liked me yet. how cute

Here you go...

2008-07-11T10:06:00.000-07:00

so here are some pics after a few days, my internet started acting weird....

this first one is of her scary face, i know it will get cuter later, but for now, she looks like an alien--and here, over on the left side are her little legs

oh and the top pic is of me, at work, thats 20 weeks for you yippee im already huge...

ITS A.....

2008-07-08T10:25:00.001-07:00

Well...all your votes on this poll worked out, and the winning vote won!!! Its a GIRL!!!! wahooo! now for some names... OH and ill get some of the ultrasound pics up as soon as i can, we tried to get a profile pic but she was just too dang honary!!!

poll

2008-07-02T14:51:00.000-07:00

I made a poll thing...go ahead and have a go

Retarded

2008-07-01T13:19:00.000-07:00

....OH! P.S. i decided to wait till my Dr appointment to see what were having. And i know it probably wont be, but just with all my bad baby luck in the past ( that most peopple dont know about, and i dont really like talking about :/ ...) It makes me really scared more than nervous to see it, and besides being affraid its not gonna live, im scared its gonna be deformed or mentally disabled. Cause i really cant deal with that... it'd be way hard.

I take care of mentally disabled people every day, and as much as i love them, they have it so rough, its hard sometimes dealing with the fact that they cant understand everything i want to say to them or do with them, and that we cant fully understand how they feel or what they want to do. i realize i take care of the extreme in some ways of disabled, where their parents kept them as long as they could handle them, which was until they were about 5 or 6, which is pretty understandable being that 2 out of the 6 of my girls are blind and deaf, one is just deaf, can see shadows and has downs syndrome, and 1 is blind and autistic and permanantly on pms...seriously, its simply wonderful. And one is blind, autistic, pica (which means she can and will eat ANYTHING...literally anything, she loves grass, and chewing on her chair while shes chilaxin, and cheese in the wrapper. which in addition to just being plain old mentally retarded makes it pretty hard for them to do stuff on their own. And as much as i love these girls and think of them as my own family... I dont think i could handle my own.

the end...

SO...besides my babbling about work, you can probably see why im so scared haha... Lets just hope it isnt...Fingers Crossed... My appointment is next tuesday at 10am ... yippee!

Stuff

2008-07-01T13:04:00.000-07:00

Well...now that im back working at the State Developmental Center, i am both too busy to do this too often, and too bored at work... i work the PM shift so i leave for work around 12 ish so i can get something to eat before work, or whatever, then i work from 130 to 10pm... and that shift gives me a lot of extra time, since i get the girls to bed around 8... i have till 10 to clean and do whatever i want, which gets pretty boring as you could probably guess. SO ive been bringing my paper and sparkly stuff and started making a bunch of this and that to keep me from being too bored...Heres what i did sunday....They look a lot prettier and more detailed in real life, but its a pic from my phone and it took a lot of it away.

Its official

2008-06-25T10:42:00.000-07:00

we FINALLY went to the doc again and figured out my due date... November 26.. yippee! Now, i can go to the mall and figure out if its a boy or girl, this week for like 80 bucks...or i can wait 2 weeks till my next doctors appointment! Should i wait? or should i just go... i dont know!!! oh gosh decisions decisions....

IVe BEeN TaGgED!!

2008-05-18T18:53:00.000-07:00

How long have you been married?
lets see... 2 years and 10 months ish

How old is your spouse?
27 28 in july

Who eats more?
It depends on what it is, if its junk, Dustin can eat and eat and eat, but i can eat more salad haha

Who said I love you first?
Dustin....it was the first thing he ever said to me...or texted i guess...whatever! Creepy i know!!!

Who is taller?
Dustin is much taller, im glad i found a tall guy so i can keep on wearing my high heels, i had a few guys who i had to wear flats with, and they just didnt cut it

Who sings better?
I do, its the voice of an angel...haha jk

Who is smarter?
I let Dustin think he is smarter, but really...im a certified GENIUS

Who controls the T.V. remote?
The remote doesnt usually get controlled at my house to be honest

Whose temper is worse?
Well, Dustin is like a little puppy, its hard to even know he has a temper, but im a girl, so i definately have a temper...poor dusty :/

Who does the laundry?
Dustin always tries to..bless his little heart..but he RUINS everything he washes...he just doenst know what can and cant go in they dryer or what colors dont go together...BAH! at least he tries!

Who does the dishes?
I make dinner, so he does dishes...he still has to catch on to this though

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?
I do, he is more cuddly on one side haha jk

Who cooks dinner?
I do...I dont trust his cooking very often

Who is more stubborn?
Well me...my whole family knows that one

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong?
I do...Dustin never thinks he's wrong, so i appologize even when I'm right

Whose parents do you see the most?
Dustins parents, but only cause they live here, and mine dont...

Who has more friends?
Me and Dustin share all our friends, or most of them, but he has more real friends, and i have more kinda friends and know more people

Who has more siblings?
Oh i do by far...i have 1 sister, and 3 brothers, and Dustin only has 1 sister

Who wears the pants in the family?
i let Dustin think he does...thats what we all do..right girls?? haha

i tag...jessica and tenille...my sisty took my others i know on here

MeXiCo!!

2008-05-11T20:11:00.000-07:00

HOLA!...Well. sadly, were back already from mexico, and it didnt even seem like we were there more than 2 days. It was SOOO much fun, i wish i could live there! The weather was perfect every day and the ocean is NEVER cold..its pretty dang awesome! Anywho...heres some picty pics of the trip...sorry theres not too many of them, i was kinda caught up in the moment a lot and forgot to take them! he he!

Dustins Aunt Katie and Cousin Amy and baby Max in front of some parrots

so, i wasnt picking my nose i had a scratch...we were in the dolphin thingy at Xcaret, but i guess they got scared of us when we came in...oh there they are!Here we are in the butterfly garden, they were landing on us like crazy...especially max, he had that butterfly on him the whole time we were in thereheres some mayans doing some traditional mayan dances...thats right, they swing from high high places and turn in circles like windmills, i really wonder how they did it back a million years agooh i loved the little baby sea turtles! this one was chasing that leaf for forever...those little critters grow to be like 6 feet long or longer! holy moley!!!oh and here is just a little tornado (not so little) thats how big it looked from the horizon...i seriously thought we were going to get hit!!! it was huge! and you could see the water whirling below it and blowing up in the air it was pretty dang freaky...but then it went away and it got sunny againheres me and amy(my face was burn that day...dont i look lovely) at the BEST mexican restaurant we went to...it was all outside, and that was our view it was awesome!i love this pic of dustin haha he wore his buddy max in that snuggli everywhere we went, he loved that boy!.... its at Tulum in front of one of the mayan ruins...and you can hardly see it but there are some bloody little handprints up there, and i guess they mayans (who were the lamanites) would put those prints at places that Jesus came way way way back in the day, so thats pretty dang awesome...heres the beach at Tulum...Amy Katie and Maxy were down there somewhere....i dont remember where some more ruins, theres me and my papa in law and mama in law in this last one, i dont know what we were looking at there, but it looked importantyippieee! heres me and dusty in fron of the beach at Tulum! we took a pic just like this the last time we came, so we thought we would duplicate it!

Alrighty! thats all for now... Mexico was awesome... thats all!

2008-05-02T10:20:00.000-07:00

We're GoIn To MExiCo Tomorrow MoRning!!!!!! ha ha...i just realized we're going to be there on cinco de mayo...that should be FuN....Oh the Festivities! Yippee! keep lookin up on our page, cause as soon as we get back ill put some picty pics up!

Home For Christmas!!

2008-04-26T21:12:00.000-07:00

So we got to go home for Christmas this year, well kinda, a few days late. But it was still way fun, i love getting to hang out with all my family! They are practically the best people in the whole world. AND while we were home we got to go to disneyland! It was so much fun, especially since kori was so pregnant she got to ride around on a jazzy and get to the front of the line a few times...

papa bear and chloe

my cute little parents

she is so hott....

me, getting way too excited for some candle sticks, i like to bring some unneccesary excitement every now and again
willy was cold...

he REALLy wanted a picture taken

Nick was re living some past pictures here...lovely nick, lovely, posing all the new stuff we got him for christmas too
Chloe...she is a princess
kori and mama, looking beautiful as usual

a little family picture haha....no thats not dustins normal smile

it seems...we all were very cool on the way down to disneyland. but what more would you expect, from this awesome family
troyster boyster, nick and papa bear ready to fly up in the air

woopie!!!! there they go!i was really trying, really hardso was that mama....look at the concentration on her face!Theres troy's famous monkey arms in the backkori on a jazzy at disneyland...worth a million bucks....this picture....priceless
i dont know the see no evil hear no evils behind us

Hunting

2008-04-26T21:06:00.000-07:00

This was my first time hunting this season, with my very own hunting license....i dont think i had my gun yet...cause that one doesnt look very shiny at all...and yep your right, i only shot one, and it was the wrong kind of duck....Darn shovler now...if thats not a sight i dont know what is ;)
look at me go!
what a pretty lady, she was being good, and still for a minute, she likes to scare the ducks and geese away sometimes

Fishing!

2008-04-26T20:51:00.000-07:00

So this was back in September ish...We went back to our favorite secret fishing spot, and Torrey Utah, and it was pretty dang awesome (as usual) heres a few picty picsanother lake on the way back, you can kinda see it through the trees sunset from the 4wheeler on the way back
First fish of the day, tiger trout, it was a whopper, that pic doesnt do it justice
at the drop off point of the 4wheelers, on to hiking...isnt that perrrty
i think my shutter was shut a bit, it makes it look dark out...but it wasnt, that was my second fishing spot on the lake...o'er there accross the way haha The other side of the lake, you can kinda see how clear the water is here, you can see some rocks on the bottom and such
Heres dustins only catch for the day, she was a MONSTER...except molly and annie look way scarier back there barking at him to let her down haha...oh ps thats gingy he is holding

oh Thats just my Papa in Law, showin us how its doneoh what a pretty molly lady

bye bye bel aire...

2008-04-26T19:33:00.000-07:00

Julia....i loved julia, she was my very very favorite, she was so lively and happy all the time, and wanted so bad just for all of us to see her as a friend and not someone we took care of. She thought i was a "dizzy blonde" so every day when i would go in to help her get ready for the day she would teach me a new word...Cause she said she knows how it is to be a dizzy blonde haha...We were going to take her to the movies cause she always wanted to see the latest things out, but the day we were going to take her, she got sick. She kept asking us to take her as soon as she could get the strength up to walk again, but she never did. Julia passed away just a few weeks later, very unexpected, she just became weak, and soon died, all her kids were there for the last two days, they camped out on matteresses and couches in her room till she went, thats what she wanted...She will be truely misssed.

this is Ken, and my puppy willy, willy loved coming and visiting on the holidays, i think this was either christmas or thanksgiving

This is Dorothy, on Christmas, all of the workers got to get as many residents as they wanted gifts, and i chose her and one other lady, the other lady passed away just a few days before christmas so i didnt get the chance to give her hers, but dorothy LOVED hers, thats right, i bought her a stylin hot pink velour outfit... Despite that lovely face she is making, she really loved it!

Alright, so i realize, and formally apologize for not "blogging" for the longest time in history... That being said, im gonna try and be like my brother and just put some quickies from whats gone on since my las blog so that you guys can catch up!
this is Imo, our movie buddy, Me and my friend/co worker Sam would take her to the movies all the time, she loved it....she is one funny lady!

So i quit my job a few weeks ago, and yesterday was my last day. So now i have some time to do this! I really Really loved working there, but i just couldn't live much longer without the insurance that they promised me after 90 days of working there, and wouldnt give me when that 90 days rolled around!! Which was way way back in november, and i felt like an idiot staying as long as i did without getting it, but i just loved the residents i worked with too too much to let them go! It was so hard to leave yesterday, i tried not to tell any of them i was leaving, because my friend quit just the week before and when the residents found out about that there was crying all over! And i didnt want to have to deal with that, it would make me too sad. So the last day comes around and all the residents hear the gossip going around, and sure enough the water works starts....DANG! i hate seeing people cry, but old people...thats even worse! I am really really going to miss it there, and i will have to come back and visit them some time!

here are just a few pics i took over the time i worked there, of my lovely cute little residents (this isnt all of them, just a few, i wish i got them all. But i love every one of these ol folks as if they were my own grandparents! they are the sweetest people in the world!

Ahh Phyllis... She loves attention, so when she fell the other day, we were not suprised to see that she was infact excited about the BEAUTIFUL black eyes and goose egg, because she was getting so much attention for it she could hardly handle it, she thinks it looks like she is wearing a butterfly mask....and yes, she is completly there in the head. haha oh Phyllis
Elverda is probably one of my favorites, and i was one of hers, her family doesnt care much to buy her anything but her rent, which comes from her own pocket anyways, and they use her demencia to their advantage, everything you see in this picture, including her clothes is all donated from us at work. But on a happier note...Elverda will always give you the most interesting and hilarious stories ever....Like for instance, she thinks Bill Clinton is after her because she is the one and only woman in the ENTIRE world who refuses to sleep with him, making him want her even more! haha

oh Charlie...Poor Charlie had a bad bad case of lost it, and his wife, who didnt live there, needed to....no charlie didnt die, he ran away too many times, and tried to "have his way" with a few ladies too many times. His wife didnt like that she found some underwear he stole from one lady's room, in his drawer...Ha Ha...now THAT was a fun dayLast but not least, our little farm boy, Glen. Thats right his shirt does say pull up a seat and grab a teat...every single one of his shirts said something like that, my favorite was one with a huge fish on the back and it said "quit staring at my bass" haha....and that basically sums up his personality...he was the hardest one to see cry when i left, cause he is such a tough guy...ya that was hard.

oh....and, i almost forgot, since im making blogs and all i might as well let the cat out of the bag....im PrEgNaNt!! Yippeee! Suprise! sorry i didnt take a pic of the test so i couldnt make a cutesy announcement like my creative and cute little big sister kori! Thats all!....oh my GOSH that was the hardest secret to keep EVER!!

2007-08-21T19:05:00.000-07:00

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my trip home!

2007-08-20T19:56:00.000-07:00

AAAAAlright, so lets go back a few weeks to when i went and had a rare but fun visit with my mama papa and brother nick!

So, i quit my job, because it basically gave me no life to live, which was awesome, but i thought id try something new! BUT before i got a new job, we decided i needed to take a well deserved trip back home to see the folks! So within hours of deciding that, i called my mama and told her i was coming, and we got me a ticket to fly home on monday! it was such a quick decision that it made me really nervous for the whole thing...i get that way when im rushed! But, despite my thoughts that my plane would for surely crash, it didnt!!! yay! and i met up with my mom at LAX. We spent the whole day up in LA together! it was so much fun getting to see her again! We went shopping all over and then we went to lunch at Olive Garden...where they messed up my moms order and didnt even offer to give her meal for free! jerks! haha its ok, she wasnt too mad!

While I was down in Cali, we did a lot of fun shopping, and we went out to eat a few times. But i mainly just enjoyed all the time i got to spend with them, cause i never get to do that very often anymore :( Every morning me and my mama went walking...that is till i got shin splints!! they are not fun at all!!

Then the worst of all happened...my baby daisy was in the worst condition i have ever seen her in, she couldnt even hardly walk. We made her beef and rice to eat, which she loved, but she stopped eating all together by the end of the week. So we came to the decision that it would be better for her if we just put her to sleep... it was so much harder than i ever thought it would be! we took her down to the vet where we got to say our last goodbyes, and it was so sad because she lifted her head as if she were getting better right before we did it. but we knew it was right...We sat there as they gave her the injection and all started bawling! except of course for my dad who is tuff as steel..but i knew he was crying on the inside, because that girl was the best dog ever!!! i will always love her!! She died very peacefully and i know she is doing so much better now in heaven! And someday i will go up and get to play with that crazy daiz again! RIP little lady!!!

Lets get to the fun part! So i FINALLY talked dustin into coming to pick me up! Cause i love when he gets to spend time with my family too!!! When he got here, he brought all 3 of our puppies, who went straight to work on digging holes all over my parents back yard! sniffing out all daisys old favorite spots!!! i was so nervous my parents were gonna be mad!! but they were pretty understanding! Molly fell in love with the pool and was in it swimming around every spare minute she had! Then my mom decided maybe they should go in a kennel haha...so we called all over and couldnt find anywhere that would take them without all their checks on all shots! so she was stuck with them anyways!...thanks mom, those dogs had a BLAST!! hehe!

Oh so when Dust came, we started out the day by going to lunch, at Baja Fresh...some delishious fresh mexican food! and then we took a drive to some model homes, so we could get some ideas on how to fancy up our casa! We got some great ideas...that we still need to put to work!!! After that, my dad took us to his favorite lunchtime hang out(jk) the go cart track!!! My dad, Dustin, and Nick raced as me and my mom watched! They had so much fun! they were going so fast! i was sure they were gonna smash into something!! That was the first time dustin ever went to do that and he LOVED it...even though he lost by a land slide! but seriously, did he really think he could beat the one and only Bob Whitezell...no way!!! but he is still determined he will beat him next time!!! you hear that dad?! your goin down!!!

So then we finished up the day with going to see Hairspray! that movie was so much fun! they will deny it, but dustin, my dad and nick were all up out of their seats dancing like no other!!! haha! i loved it! we finished off the night with a delightful pizza from bjs! The tastiest ending to the best one day vacation with dustin and my parents ever!!!!! I miss you guys and i hope we can come down to visit more often! I love every second with those ol folks!!! alrighty thats all from that little flash back trip...till next time!

my first blog...fishing and things in utah!

2007-08-20T15:22:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone! Sooo I Saw That My Sister Had A Blog space and i thought that it would be a really good way to let everyone know what was going on with us! i would have more pictures but we accidentally deleted everything off our computer...geniuses! so i will try to get back to you on that one! Anyways....lets get started~!

So lets see...last weekend we went on our regular all the time trip to Torrey Utah, where Dustin's family LOVES to go and hike and fish and all sorts of fun outdoorsy stuff! This time it was SO much fun because we got to go to my favorite lake! i would tell the name of it, but its a secret!! it takes a truck ride to one spot, till there is no more road for cars, then we ATV about 7 miles into another place, till the trail goes away, then we hike about 2 miles in...but it is way worth it...the lake is beautiful and its only known by locals, so there is no trash and we are almost always the only ones there!! the water is crystal clear you can see the fish swimming in it!! and its surrounded by trees and big rocks! i LOVE fishing there because every fish we catch is huge and they are so dang tasty! And i usually get some bonding time with my papa in law, since Dustin goes out in his float tube and fly fishes, its really fun that we get to talk, and get closer and mess with each other! i love that Steve! I'm so glad i married into such a fun family who loves me as much as i love them! Cause, lets face it, i know I'm kinda hard to love sometimes!!! SO... We usually catch a fish called a tiger trout and they have red meat that tastes something like salmon! Or a cut throat...which looks like, well, like its throat has been cut, its all red...ew! ANYWAYS!!!(sorry, you'll have to get used to this, i tend to ramble on...its the ADD) i caught a huge fish this last time, he must have been at least 4 lbs and somewhere around 20 inches long! I'm so turning into a Harrow!!! Fishing is such a fun relaxing thing to do!

after we caught our limit, which is 2 over 15 inches...we rode back and went to dinner at this TOTALLY hippy place...i think i was the only one there not wearing chacos and khaki shorts, or speaking a foreign language, and probably the only one wearing make up..but come on, a girls gotta look good! the place was pretty much all windows and it was up on a mountain so we had a really pretty view of all of Capital Reef while we ate, and there was so many hummingbirds eating right outside our window! they were so cute! and the food there, for being overpriced hippy food, was actually really good! we will be going there again for sure!

Lets see...after we went home from Torrey, on Monday, we went bowling! i have just started actually liking it, and let me tell you...you should come with us!!! Because its that much fun! I'm not very good, but for some reason i get all the hard split shots...i have no idea how but it made me feel cool, and like bowling a lot more because of it! Dustin scores like at least a 200 every time...he is good, he should be pro or something! We have been going with our friends Tom Mikey and sometimes Stewie, who are all brothers...but lately me and dust have been going by ourselves! and it made me realize that we NEVER do anything alone anymore! Crazy!!!

AAAALright! OH!!! ya! i got my Hunters Safety license last week too!... HaHa...so watch out!